Japanese invention simulates kisses over Internet

Long-distance relationships suck, right? Luckily for those with loves in far-off lands, a new invention might make things a bit easier — that is, if you can stand to use it.

Soon, you may be kissing your distant beau via the Internet, courtesy of the ﻿﻿Kajimoto Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications in Japan, DigiInfo TV reports.

The device is supposed to simulate the feelings of kiss by recording one user’s tongue movements and reciprocating them to another user, who can be any number of miles away. And if you’re already feeling weird about this idea, just wait until you hear how it works.

The kiss simulator is a small box with a rod sticking out of it. To make it work, you rotate the rod with your tongue, and its movement is mirrored in the other device. Apparently, the two devices together effectively simulate the feeling of being kissed.

But it sounds like a pretty bad kiss to me. Or at least a pretty weird one.

And that’s not all. Researchers hope to create an even more realistic kiss simulator that would not only recreate users’ tongue movement, but also would simulate their breath patterns, taste, and tongue moisture. Is it just me, or does the device sound even grosser with each new advancement?

Of course, I could just be old-fashioned. Check out the video below and decide for yourself if cyber smooching is the next big thing in dating.